R4000 speed jumping around when power unplugged

Hey all:

My info is below. When I unplug it, I notice (with Mobile Meter) that my speed is jumping around. At idle, it stays @ 1 GHz. But something intensive, it will jump up to 2.2 or 2.4 Ghz. Now, I don't want my laptop deciding for me what speed I want (I am using Crystal CPU). In the Power settings inwindows, I have it set to "always on." Still, even with Crystal, the speed won't stay where I want it.

My problem is that I want to play a game while the power is unplugged and the CPU speed variations are messing with my games, especially Mame.

Before, it didn't change on me automatically, but now it does it unless I plug the power back in. Then I have full control.

Am I overlooking something??

 

I have an HP ZV6000 which is the twin of the Compaq R4000. The CPU is supposed to automatically power down to a lower speed when doing less intensive tasks. This is an automatic thing that really should not effect your gameplay or anything. Likely, the cause of poor gameplay is the ATI Radeon Xpress 200M that you have on your system. I know, I have it too and it is not the greatest on many newer games. Anyway, if you really want to keep it at 2.2 Ghz all the time it should stay at full speed when you set the settings to "always on" (not sure why it is not). Also, make sure you have your CPU set on desktop mode rather than laptop. That might make a difference as well. However, again I don't think this should be an issue with gameplay anyway as it should just jump up right before you play the game and stay there until you finish. Good luck!

 

I say take RMClock 1.8 ( I prefer it to 2.05) and set the desired p-step transitions. I would also undervolt the cpu; I have Athlon 3500+ and managed to undervolt it to 0,825v @ 1ghz (5x multiplier). It did improve the battery life of my zv6000.
The easiest way to keep the CPU to the max is to set the power management to always on. Just that, close CrystalCPU since it's probably the problem.